Making a pitch: Why circus deserves to be recognised as an art form

Pitch’d Circus Arts Festival director Cormac Mohally of Lords of Strut tells Ellie O’Byrne why circus deserves to be recognised as an art form in its own right.

Cormac Mohally, AKA Famous Seamus from street performance duo The Lords of Strut, is a founding member of Cork Circus Factory and the director of Pitch’d Circus Arts Festival, now in its third year.